David Pogue (NY Times) has written a blog entry about his experience as an author selling an ebook with no DRM... and it wasn't the end of the world, or even his career as an author. With the nook and a possible Apple tablet coming to contend with the Kindle …

Just for the record, I've checked out the Mojave Experiment website (as I said I would in my previous article about it), and my expectations were met. If you look at the feature set for Vista, this is what people are experiencing here... features of the os in a controlled …

If you haven't already heard of the "Mojave" experiment, then you will--likely in the next few days. Microsoft, not please with the reaction so far to Vista, set out to attempt to bolster the new operating system's reputation by offering a "blind taste test" of the OS. What happened? Exactly …

According to an article from MacWorld, Sun has committed some engineering resources to getting OpenOffice running on the Macintosh natively. OpenOffice is a multi-platform office productivity suite that acts as a substitute for Microsoft's Office products. Of particular interest is the rationale provided by Philip Lohmann, project lead at Sun …

Sounds pretty good for Microsoft's new head of the pack. Although the folks at ARS Technica have some comments that bring into question whether this is because of new PC growth or not. Even so, new PC growth itself may have been helped by pent up demand for Vista... we'll …

It's not a Microsoft-bashing column, but this Computerworld article by Scot Finnie, Computerworld's online editorial director, takes Microsoft to task over what he sees as ignoring demands in the market and Apple's recent moves. In particular, he's talking about the enterprise, so he doesn't go into the Xbox vs …

Last year, I managed to convince 8 people to get Macs who either had not done so in the past, or who were coming back to the Mac from a long hiatus. Although I had for many years not considered myself an evangelist for "the cause", recent changes in Windows …

Microsoft announced at the PMA 07 conference the beta release of their new image file format HD Photo. The company says that it creates smaller file sizes, while producing better output than JPEG and can offer lossless and lossy image compression while retaining full dynamic range and color gamut data …

According to an article from the Washington Post, the US Patent an Trademark Office (USPTO) is preparing to allow internet users to review patent applications and leave their comments. The idea looks interesting. We'll have to see what comes of it, but the pilot program will begin soon and is …

Not surprising, and not necessarily for a "good" reason, the US Department of Transportation and the FAA have issued "an indefinite moratorium" on the upgrade to Microsoft's Vista OS , Internet Explorer version 7, and Microsoft Office 2007, according to an article from Information Week. The moratorium was placed because there …

So, according to Snopes, it is indeed true that the Canadian postal code for Santa is "H0H 0H0"... See, those whacky letter-number combinations come in handy at the Holidays.

Reading on the net today about a blog entry from a Microsoft employee about the importance of backward compatibility, I was struck by how absurd the assertion was. The premise was that an IT department had showed up in Redmond and had indicated they had over 9000 install scripts for …

Flip4Mac, the plug-in that allows QuickTime to play Windows Media files (.wma, and .mwv) is now available for download as a Universal Binary, so those of us with Intel Macs can also enjoy it. I haven't finished testing it yet, but chances are that it's every bit as nice as …

I realize that now even CNet has gotten into the act with publicizing the defection of one long-time Macintosh user (Mark Pilgrim) and another who is making noise about possibly switching (Tim Bray of Sun). So, it's time to make some more noise about what's really happening. Unfortunately, I didn't …

Andre Cantor, writing for USA Today, posits this article, where he honestly suggests that Boot Camp will encourage Mac users to switch to Windows. Where to begin? First, this guy is the technology writer and self-avowed "know-it-all" who covers technology for the Roanoke Times, a former editor for PC Magazine …

So, there's been much discussion today about Boot Camp, Apple's new product for booting an Intel Macintosh into Windows XP. Reactions are basically falling into three tags: Yee- haw! ; Who cares? ; and It's the End of the World! I'd like to hear what the readers here think, so come on …

It was announced yesterday on OnMac.net that Blanka and Narf (obviously not their real names) have won the prize of $13,854 for figuring out how to dual-boot a MacBook Pro (or Intel Mini, or Intel iMac) into Windows or OS X. The solution (downloadable here) is a bit …

According to an article in today's Washington Post (read it fast, 'cause the Post'll charge you if you wait too long), Grants.gov, the Federal Government's clearinghouse for grant applications is not compatible with anything other than Microsoft's Windows operating system. Apparently, the contractor (Northrop Grumman) felt that their implementation …

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has posted an article requesting that users take care when activating the "Search Across Computers" option in Google Desktop (available only for the PC right now). Although the article certainly raises an interesting question, there are some specifics that might mitigate at least some of this …

Ah, yes, the market. If Apple and Microsoft don't give you what you want, put a bounty on it and see if the Internet will provide. This is exactly what Colin NederKoorn has decided to do, and he's getting help. As of 10pm last night, people had pledged (and paid …